Assistant Director of Creative Video

Position Title: Assistant Director of Creative Video

Department: 8919|Creative Services

Responsibilities:
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics Department is seeking a qualified Assistant Director of Creative Video. This position will report directly to the Assistant Athletic Director of Creative Video. The Assistant Director of Creative Video will develop, film, produce, and create progressive video, graphic, and animated motion projects to highlight and feature Ragin’ Cajuns Athletics in a prominent manner to the general public via the department’s digital and social media channels, official website, and in-venue video displays.

Job Duties Include:
- Work to advance the brand of 16 nationally recognized sports programs and provide organizational content using original and creative design concepts.  
- Collaborate with staff from throughout the Department of Athletics will be required to develop, maintain, and grow the Ragin’ Cajuns’ visual identity, including influencing advertising and marketing efforts, facility enhancements, ticket sales, and other promotional materials, as needed.
- Create content to be deployed in local, regional and national television, as well as in targeted materials for prospective student-athletes during the recruiting process.
- Plan and produce content tailored to be delivered in both daily and weekly intervals to the general public, as well as partner with staff from the Department of Athletics’ communications, digital strategy, creative video, creative media, broadcast operations, and marketing staff, when necessary, on large-scale projects that will impact strategic initiatives and objectives for the entire department.
- Contribute to supervision of student interns assigned to creative video projects.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
-Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- One year of working in sports video production, including creative storytelling experience; strong knowledge of filming, photography, editing, color grading, audio mixing, and production
- One year of experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe After Effects finalization


Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated skill in social media content generation, skill in interpersonal communication, collaboration and prioritization of work assignments
- One year of experience working in athletics at a college/university or comparable
- Experience in working with deadlines and turning around of high-quality projects from point of inception to finalization of production on a day-to-day basis
-Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, public relations, interpersonal, customer service, and supervisory skills when working with student-athletes, faculty, staff, coaches, and administration.
- Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others; commitment to working with multi-cultural populations.
- Have strong work ethic and be a person of high integrity and character who shares a commitment for knowing and complying with NCAA, Conference, and Institutional rules as they apply to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics program.

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